“I want to stay. I want to stay for 20 years. This is my goal and I really believe in it.”
The phrase is by Ruben Amorim, coach of Manchester United, one of the richest and most powerful clubs in the world, about his future in the team. And that sounds like a hallucination.
There was great hope in the red devils with the arrival of Portuguese in November last year.
Amorim was in 2024 at Sporting, Portugal, with the conquest of the Portuguese Championship (had already won in 2021, after almost 20 years of the team without the cup) and a 4-1 rout over Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City at Champions League.
Amorim accumulated a 71% use of victories in 231 matches with the alviverde of Lisbon. Great credential to make Man United resume his best days, which have been forgotten since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
The 83 -year -old now remained 27 years in a row as a coach of Man United, one of the biggest known periods in football history, discarding amateur alloys. Won 13 English championships.
The world record holder, with recognition in Guinness Book, of staying in a team is Brazilian. Amadeu Teixeira directed America-AM for 53 years, from 1955 to 2008.
An anonymous for the massive majority of Brazil and the world, Teixeira won the Amazon Championship in 1994. He died in 2017 at the age of 91.
Still here, the second coach who was most years old in a club has recognized fame: Luís Alonso Pérez, Lula (1922-1972), guided Santos de Pelé and company for 12 years, from 1954 to 1966.
The Portuguese Abel Ferreira, from Palmeiras, is currently the coach with the most continuous work time in Brazil, considering the main showcases: four years and nine months.
In Europe, the record holder is the North Landery Willie Maley, who was at Celtic, one of the Great of Scotland, from 1897 to 1940 (43 years). A well -known case is that of Frenchman Arsène Wenger, now FIFA employee, Arsenal coach for 22 years (from 1996 to 2018).
They are all exceptions. It is known that, for various reasons (unsatisfactory results being the most common), coaches have a short life in teams. The turnover is great.
Amorim, 40, is a utopista when talking about his longevity plan at Manchester United. His desire is aggravated by the pimphy performance and his own speech.
“Perhaps we are the worst team in Manchester United history,” he said earlier this year after defeat to Brighton.
It’s not the worst. It is one of the worst.
The Man United de Amorim finished the English championship in 15th position, among 20 participants, with 42 points in 38 games.
In the Premier League era, started in 1992, the team had never gone so bad. More: it was the worst performance since 1973/1974, when, with 32 points (2 points system per victory) and 20 losses in 42 games, it fell to the second division.
Amorim had a merit, it should be noted: it has reached the decision of the Europa League. However, in the match that could save the season and give him morale, including getting a place in the Champions League, he lost 1-0 to London Tottenham.
Even with forgotten results, Man United’s direction decided to give Amorim for a while. But if a striking improvement does not happen soon and its 38%wins use, it does not climb Sudially – this time will faded quickly.
Anyway, imagining staying 20 years, whether in Man United or in any club (any same) is an illusion, a delirium.
If this happens, wherever I am in 2045, I resume the subject to say that Amorim, rather than being a soccer coach, should be a prophet.
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